ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Zero-Valent Iron-Reactive Recirculation Wells
for Remediation of Benzene and Toluene
Contaminated Groundwater in Homogeneous
and Nonhomogeneous Aquifers
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Institute of Disaster Prevention, Sanhe Hebei China, 065201
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Chinese Academy of Natural Resources Economics, Beijing China, 101149
Submission date: 2023-02-01
Final revision date: 2023-03-28
Acceptance date: 2023-04-11
Online publication date: 2023-05-10
Publication date: 2023-06-23
Corresponding author
Zhihui Qu
School of Ecology and Environment, Institute of Disaster Prevention, 065201, Sanhe Hebei, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(4):3385-3394
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ABSTRACT
Benzene and toluene contamination of groundwater can pose a serious threat to human health.
Although extraction-treatment and other ex-situ remediation technologies can be used to rapidly
reduce the concentration of pollutants at the initial stage of remediation, the inevitable tailing and
rebound effects make it a research hotspot to explore more efficient in-situ remediation technologies.
Groundwater circulating well is a kind of in-situ remediation technology for groundwater that is
more and more widely used. This paper improves the removal efficiency of benzene and toluene by
adding zero-valent iron reaction materials to the well structure, through the comparative experiment
of homogeneous and heterogeneous aquifers, it is concluded that the remediation efficiency of pollutants
in homogeneous aquifers is higher than that in heterogeneous aquifers. This paper provides a theoretical
basis for the engineering practice of zero-valent iron reactive groundwater circulation well.